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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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