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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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