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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

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