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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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