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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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