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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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