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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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