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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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