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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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