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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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