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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

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