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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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