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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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