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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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