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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

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