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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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