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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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