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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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