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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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