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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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