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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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