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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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