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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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