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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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