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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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