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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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