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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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