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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

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