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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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