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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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