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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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