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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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