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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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