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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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