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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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