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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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