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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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