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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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