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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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