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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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