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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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