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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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