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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

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