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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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