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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

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