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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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