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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are normally 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 several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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