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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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