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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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