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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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