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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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