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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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