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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

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