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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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