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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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