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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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