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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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