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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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