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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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