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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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