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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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