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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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