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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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