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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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