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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

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