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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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