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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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