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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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