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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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