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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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