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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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