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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

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