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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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