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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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