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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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