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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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