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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

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