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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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