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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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