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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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