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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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