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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

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