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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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