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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

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