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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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