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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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