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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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