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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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