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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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