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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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