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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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