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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

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