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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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