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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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