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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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