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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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