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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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