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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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