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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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