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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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