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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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