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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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