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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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