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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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