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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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