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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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