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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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