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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

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