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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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