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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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