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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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