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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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