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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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