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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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