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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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