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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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