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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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