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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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