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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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