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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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