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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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