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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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