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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever 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 stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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