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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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