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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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