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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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