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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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