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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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