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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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