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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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