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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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