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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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