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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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