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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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