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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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