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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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