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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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