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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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