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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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