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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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