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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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