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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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