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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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