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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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