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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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