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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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