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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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