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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

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