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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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