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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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