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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

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