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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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