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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

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