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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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