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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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