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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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