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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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