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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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