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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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