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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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