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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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