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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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