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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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