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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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