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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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