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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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