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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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