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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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