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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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