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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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