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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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