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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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