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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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