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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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