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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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