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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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