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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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