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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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