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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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