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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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