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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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