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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

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