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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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