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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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