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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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