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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

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