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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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