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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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