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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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