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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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