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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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