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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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