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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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