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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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