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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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