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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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