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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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