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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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