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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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