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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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