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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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