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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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