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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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