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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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