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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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