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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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