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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

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