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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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