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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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