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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

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