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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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