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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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