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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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