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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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