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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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