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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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