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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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