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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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