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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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