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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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