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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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