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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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