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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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MOOCS And Open Education