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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

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