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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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