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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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