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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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