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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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