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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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