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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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