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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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