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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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