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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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