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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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