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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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