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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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