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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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