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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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