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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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