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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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