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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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