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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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