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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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