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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

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