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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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