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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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