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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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