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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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