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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever 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 institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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