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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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