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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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