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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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