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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

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