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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and 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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