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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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