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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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