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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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