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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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