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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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