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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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