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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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