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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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