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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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