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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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