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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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