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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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