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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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