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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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