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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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