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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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