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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

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