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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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