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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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