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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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