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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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