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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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