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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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