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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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