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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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