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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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