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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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