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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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