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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

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