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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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