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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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