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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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