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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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