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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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