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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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