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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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