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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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