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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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