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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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