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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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