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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

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