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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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