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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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