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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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