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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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