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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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