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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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