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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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