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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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