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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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