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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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