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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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