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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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