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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

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