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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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