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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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