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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

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