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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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