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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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