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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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