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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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