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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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