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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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