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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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