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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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