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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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