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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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