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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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