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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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