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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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