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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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