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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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