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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically 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 several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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