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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

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