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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

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