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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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