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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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