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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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