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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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