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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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