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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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