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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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