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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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