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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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