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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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