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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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