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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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