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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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