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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. 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 stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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