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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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