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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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