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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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