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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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