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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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