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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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