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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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