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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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