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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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