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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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