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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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