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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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