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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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