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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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