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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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