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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

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