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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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