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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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