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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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