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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

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