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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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