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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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