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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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