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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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