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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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