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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. 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 MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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