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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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