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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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