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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

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