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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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