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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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