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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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