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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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