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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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