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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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