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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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