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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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