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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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