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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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