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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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