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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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