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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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