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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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