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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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