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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

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