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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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