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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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