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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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