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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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