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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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