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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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