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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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