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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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