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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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