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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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