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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

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