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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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