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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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