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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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