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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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