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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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