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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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