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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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