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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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