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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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