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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever 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 teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

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