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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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