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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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