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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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