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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 (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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