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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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