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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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