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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually 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 organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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