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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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