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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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