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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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