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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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