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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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