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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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