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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

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