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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

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