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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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