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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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