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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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