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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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