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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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 elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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