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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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