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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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