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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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