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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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