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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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