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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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