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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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