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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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