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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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