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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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