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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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