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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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