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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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