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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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