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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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