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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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