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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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