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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

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