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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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