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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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