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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are 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 lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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