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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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