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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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