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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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