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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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