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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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