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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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