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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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