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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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