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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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