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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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