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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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