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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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