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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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