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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

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