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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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