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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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