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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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