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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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