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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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