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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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