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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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