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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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