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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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