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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

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