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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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