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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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