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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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