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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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