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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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