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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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