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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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