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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

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