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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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