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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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