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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

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