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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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