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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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