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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

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