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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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