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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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