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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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