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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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