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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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