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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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