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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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