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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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