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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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