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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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