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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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