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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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