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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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