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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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