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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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