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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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