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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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