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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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