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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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