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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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