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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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