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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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