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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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