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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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 MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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